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Equivalent Fractions – Deck of Cards

Updated: 23 Mar 2023

Encourage healthy competition between your students by using this set of 30 equivalent fraction cards to play a variety of math games.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 6 Pages
Grades: 3 - 5

Curriculum

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.2.A

Represent a fraction 1/b on a number line diagram by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into b equal parts. Recognize that each part has size 1/b and that the endpoint of the part based at 0 locates the number 1/b on t...
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.3

Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.3.A

Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.3.B

Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3. Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NF.A.1

Explain why a fraction a/b is equivalent to a fraction (n × a)/(n × b) by using visual fraction models, with attention to how the number and size of the parts differ even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. Use this principle to ...
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NF.A.2

Compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators, e.g., by creating common denominators or numerators, or by comparing to a benchmark fraction such as 1/2. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions ref...

teaching resource

Equivalent Fractions – Deck of Cards

Updated: 23 Mar 2023

Encourage healthy competition between your students by using this set of 30 equivalent fraction cards to play a variety of math games.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 6 Pages
Grades: 3 - 5

Encourage healthy competition between your students by using this set of 30 equivalent fraction cards to play a variety of math games.

Equivalent Fractions – Games for the Classroom

Are your students in need of additional practice with equivalent fractions? They still may be working on remembering to multiply or divide the numerator and denominator to create a fraction of equal value. Teach Starter has a set of cards that are ready for you to print and use in your classroom today!

How to Use Our Equivalent Fraction Cards

Whole-Class Activity

Provide each student with a fraction card. Have students stand up and circulate around the room to find their “fraction team.” This means they must gather with all the other students with a fraction equivalent to the one on their card. Once they have found all the members of their fraction team, they must sit down. The winner is the first fraction team to find all their correct members.

Whole-Class Activity

Provide each student with a fraction card. Draw an open number line on the dry-erase board. Have students attach their fraction where it belongs.

Partner Activity

Memory – students match equivalent fractions to win the pair.
Snap – students snap when equivalent fractions appear on top of one another to win the pair.
Go Fish – students ask their partners for equivalent fractions to make a pair.

Individual Activity

Provide each student with a fraction card. Then, have them create a poster about their fraction. It must include everything previously taught.

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Curriculum

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.2.A

Represent a fraction 1/b on a number line diagram by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into b equal parts. Recognize that each part has size 1/b and that the endpoint of the part based at 0 locates the number 1/b on t...
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.3

Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.3.A

Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.3.B

Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3. Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NF.A.1

Explain why a fraction a/b is equivalent to a fraction (n × a)/(n × b) by using visual fraction models, with attention to how the number and size of the parts differ even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. Use this principle to ...
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NF.A.2

Compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators, e.g., by creating common denominators or numerators, or by comparing to a benchmark fraction such as 1/2. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions ref...

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